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From: Roy Marples <uberlord@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: LAST RITES - rt2x00 beta 3
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 11:27:17
Message-Id: 20061223112314.28e8344a@uberlaptop.marples.name
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: LAST RITES - rt2x00 beta 3 by Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
1 On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:01:23 +0000 (UTC)
2 Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote:
3
4 > Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@g.o> posted
5 > 458C657D.5080005@g.o, excerpted below, on Fri, 22 Dec 2006
6 > 17:08:45 -0600:
7 >
8 > > Roy Marples wrote:
9 > >> Hi list.
10 > >>
11 > >> Not often I issue a last rites, but here we go!
12 > >> rt2x00-beta3 driver is going to be masked over the next few days
13 > >> and then removed from portage around the end of January.
14 > >>
15 > >> This is at the request of upstream as they're mainly bored of
16 > >> fixing compile and useability errors in beta3 with new kernels and
17 > >> want to concentrate on beta4.
18 > >
19 > > Is it really necessary to notify people of a version bump? :P
20 >
21 > From what was written, it appears to be removal of the non-cvs
22 > version, so it's not just a version bump.
23 >
24
25 Correct. beta3 will be removed before beta4 comes out.
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